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Quoted from MustangPaul:Interesting but how are they for screw in strength. You can torque the metal ones pretty good when needed and not strip anything. That's why I like the steel ones.
They self thread so they hold nicely. I also sell hex nuts on the site that increase the surface area to not let the post turn.
Quoted from beatmaster:good, can you make one so that we can pass the wires inside, not sure if you did something like that?
I can try
Quoted from judremy:But you have to be able to feed the wires in from the side and not just another gap. What I am thinking is a second gap but with a slit along it to feed the 18 (16?) gauge wire into so it will hide it, but you can still get the wire out without cutting the wires or unsoldering. This is necessary as many of these wires go to spotlights.
I may have to use magic.
Yes, Rock is the man. He had me make these so he could light them up. Maybe between the two of us we can figure something out. We may have to make them a bit bigger to get them illuminated. I owe you dinner in Chicago this year.
Quoted from Grinder901:I have a cart ready to pay on your site but I'd like to buy a few of these first. What sizes will they come in? They would go in my IM and maybe my Avengers.
I have to get the male post designed this weekend and we will offer all sizes. There are so many we may have to have a custom selection so you can let us know if there is a size we don't list. Listing will be available next week with pics of all the colors.
Quoted from callmesteam:Ultimately, they don't need to have a hex shape. They could look like flames on MET or ACDC, be a bit larger without obstructing the players view, illuminated, and possibly hold the wires without needing to unsolder. The side facing away from the player could be completely slotted.
I had the same epiphany when I was installing them...so much for a simple replacement. We will try out some ideas for certain games. More to come...
Quoted from 85vett:Come on Tim. All these cool mods you have going on and yet you are still keeping the ugly metal washers under the slings. At least put some clear or color matching ones in there
Check out the ACDC photo, it has red and white translucent ones. Got ya.
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Quoted from herg:What about including a channel for running wires up to a spotlight? Pretty please?
I see this has already been requested.
I think I may have a solution. I will make a regular hex post and then make a larger sleeve with a channel inside it to hide the wires.
Quoted from swinks:How about this Tim, Hex post with a extension for the wire to travel up through. Happy to give you the design as STL's to help you out or at least try. This is a 1 inch tall transparent red version with a cut out at the top and bottom for the wires to enter and exit without the need to drill holes into plastics etc. Happy to do a bunch of stl files at all different heights for nothing.
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I think this is a good start. The problem is you have to spin the hex post on the screw.
Quoted from swinks:you are correct and I experimented with this about 18 months ago and straight slits tends to allow the wires to fall out where as angled slits is effective like this hex post wire restraint I designed and have available on shapeways. The thing with slits on a long post is that they can't be flexed so it must be wide enough to suit the gauge of the wire hence the angled cable restraint is more effective.
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So similar to this but full length to the inside hex post to hide the wires completely. Maybe a zigzag opening so the wires fit snug.
I tried to use round posts and found they just don't print as well as a hex shape. The round one was to have two interlocking round shapes. The center post has to be pretty much the same size of the hex post for strength.
Swinks, If you want to send me the .stl I can tweak it to its minimal size and we can see what it looks like. Metallica has real small wires, my RFM and SWT has thicker wires. Up these will make good tests.
Here we go. Bottom line, these light posts are ugly as everyone knows and I think this is the best we can do for a mod. At first, I was thinking it was more of a PITA to get them aligned and was not impressed at first. The more I look at them, the more I think it's much better. The wires on MET are small diameter, I need to check the fit for thicker wires.
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Quoted from herg:Would you be willing to release the STL file so that those with access to a printer could make their own?
Swinks gave the okay, so I will do that.
Send me an email at [email protected]
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